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J. P. GRIFFIN.

ASH TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1921.

Baissued May 23,1922. 15,361.

John T' g W-Q, W/ 771/586 W Er '. To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT HQVFTFICET.

JOHN I". GRIFFIN, or warn-moron, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR r0 GRIFFIN cHoxEaASH TRAY mayor DOVER, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

I ASH TRAY.

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Reissued May, 23, 1922.Original No. 1,342,805, dated .Tune'B, 1920, Serial No. 300,020, filedMay 27, 1919. Application for reissuefiled November 16, 1921. Serial No.515,730.

Be it known that JOHN P. GRIFFIN, a citizen of the United States,formerly residin at New York cit in the county of New York and State ofKI e now resides at Waddington, county of St. Lawrence, and State of NewYork, has invented a new and useful Improvement in Ash Trays, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to ash trays and has for its object the provisionof an ash tray particularly adapted for the use of cigarette smokers andprovided with means for holding ashes and butts or stumps,associatedwith means whereby a burning cigarette stump will be speedilyextinguished when engaged with said means, whereby the continued burningof the butt or stump will be prevented and whereby danger of fire andthe like from carelessness will be eliminated.

An important object is the provision of an ash tray of this characterwhich is so formed as to provide means whereby a burning stump will besmothered and which is also so constructed that the ashes upon the stumpwill fall into a receptacle for avoiding clogging of the smothering orextinguishing s aces.

An additional object is the provision of ,an ash tray of this characterwhich will be very simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highlyefficient in use, durable in service, and which may be readilydisassembled for cleaning.

A preferred embodiment of'the invention is illustrated'in theaccompanying drawinw, in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view of an ash trayconstructed in accordance with the invention,

a portion thereof being broken away and" in section, and 0 y Fig. 2 is across-sectionalview. Referring more particularly to the draw ing, thenumeral 10 designates the base ofthe device which is preferably circularand dish shape, and preferably provided witha glass lining :11. Themember 10 may be provided with any suitable pedestal whereby it may besupported from the floor or table, or any other article of furniture.

Disposed within the base 10, 01 within the lining 11 if the base is soequipped, is a w York, and who ring-member 12 formedsomewhat in theshape of a star or asterisk. and which may be formed of glass, metajhiorot'her suitable material and is of a sizefandweight adapted to retainitself in position with in" 211abase. This member 12 includes a topportion l3- and also includes a plurality of arms or points 14 betweenwhich are forme'l clgarette receiving perforations 15- which terminateat their inner or lower endsfin holes 16, preferably oval or elliptical.in shape to accord with thepopular' shape of ready made 'cigarettea'andthese holes open 1 into a central aopening .17 in the member 12. It willbe observed that the perforations are each tapered or reducedin diameofthe perforations 15 until its inward movem'ent is stopped by beingwedged with, in i restricted part of the perforation near the hole 16.The thereby effected peripheral compression of the lighted end of thecigarette will choke or smother the fire and effect extinguishment in,about seven seconds. Any ashes that fall off the extinguished cigarettewill drop' 'i,nto the central opening. 17.; a

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificconstruction shown in the drawings, as changes in construction may beresorted to a degree which will not departfrom, the scope of thesubjoined claims.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. An ashtray comprising a base receptacle having upwardly curved sidesmerging into the bottom thereof, a glass lining conforminglyc'engagingwithin said base receptacle, and a body conformingly engaged within saidlining and projecting above the top of the side flanges thereof, saidbody being rovided centrally with an opening extending to said liningand terminating short of the-top of the body whereby the top of theopening will be closed, said body being somewhat stella form wherebyto'provide a plurality of points engaging the inner periphery of thelining, the periphery of said body between .said points being spacedfrom the lining to provide recesses, and said body being providedbetween said points with outwardly flar ng recesses com- Inunicatingwith said opening.

2. An'ash tray comprising a base member providin a receptacle, asubstantially saucer shape glass lining conformably engaging within saidreceptaclegand a ring member restingupon and engagingthe walls of saidlining and having extending com- ]pletely therethrough a plurality ofdownwardly extending perforations the walls of which are tapered towardtheir lower ends. 3. An ash tray comprising a base member providing adish shaped recess and a ring member loosely seated within said recessand engaging the walls thereof and provided with a plurality ofdownwardly tapered perforations extending through the rin member andopening into said recess an adapted to receive the lighted end ofcigarettes, said ring member being rel tively heavy to retain it inposition in t e recess in the base member. i;

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto signed at Philadelphia,Pennsyl- Vania, on this 3rd da of February, 1922.

JZlHN P. GRIFFIN. \Vitnesses MARY E. \VALKER, SARA KnssLnR.

